Wort

Definitions of Wort
  1. noun
    the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
    synonyms: Ansprache, Rede
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    types:
    Diskurs, öffentlicher Diskurs
    delivering an address to a public audience
    type of:
    Äußerung
    the use of language to perform some act
  2. noun
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
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    types:
    Nomenklatur
    a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    Präposition
    a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
    Pronomen
    a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
    type of:
    sprachliche Einheit
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  3. noun
    the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
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